The National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education resources consist of the following:

1. Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence, a set of recommendations for developing and selecting environmental education instructional materials, and a companion publication, Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence - The Workbook, which leads educators, step by step, through the process of using the Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence.

2. Excellence in Environmental Education: Guidelines for Learning (K-12),and its companion piece, the Excellence in Environmental Education: Guidelines for Learning (K-12) - Executive Summary & Self Assessment Tool, developed to support state and local environmental education efforts by setting expectations for performance and achievement in grades 4, 8, and 12.

6. The Guidelines Trainers' Bureau, environmental educators who are able to give presentations to a variety of audiences on the Guidelines and how they can be used. A set of training materials are available for members of the Guidelines Trainers' Bureau.

7. Adopt the Guidelines, an initiative to encourage organizations and agencies to promote and use the Guidelines.

The National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education has received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) and the U.S. Forest Service, plus the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, University of Oregon, Northern Illinois University, and World Wildlife Fund. For more information, please contact:

The
National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education,
initiated by NAAEE in 1993, has developed a series of Guidelines that set the
standards for high-quality environmental education. Each of these publications
was developed by a diverse team of professionals, and each has gone through a
substantive review by thousands of professionals prior to its publication.

Through the National Project for Excellence in Environmental
Education, NAAEE is taking the lead in establishing guidelines for the
development of balanced, scientifically accurate, and comprehensive
environmental education programs. Quality environmental education programs help
develop an environmentally literate citizenry that can compete in our global
economy; has the skills, knowledge, and inclinations to make well-informed
choices; and exercises the rights and responsibilities of members of a
community.

The latest versions of printed materials in the
Guidelines for Excellence series are posted on this Web site, and you
can download them for free. However, if you want to purchase a bound copy, go to
the NAAEE Publications order page. The purchase price does not include postage.